The Human Person

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Biological species, may lack self-awareness

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Human Being

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Moral and rational entity, has consciousness, memory, rationality

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Human Person

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A biological member of the species
Homo sapiens

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Human Being

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A human being with dignity, selfawareness, rationality, and moral responsibility

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Human Person

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Not automatically granted full moral status in all views

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Human Being

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Granted full moral and ethical rights due to rationality and selfawareness

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Human Person

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May influence medical decisions like abortion, end-of-life care, brain death

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Human Being

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Demands respect, informed consent, confidentiality, and compassion in care

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Human Person

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Actions performed without full knowledge or deliberate will.

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Act of Man

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Actions done with knowledge, freedom, and voluntariness—morally accountable.

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Human Act

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An action done involuntarily or instinctively

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Act of Man

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An action done with knowledge, freedom, and voluntariness

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Human Act

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Three Elements of Human Act

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Knowledge
Freedom
Voluntariness

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AWARENESS OF THE ACT

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Knowledge

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NO INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL COERCION

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Freedom

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WILL-DRIVEN INTENTION

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Voluntariness

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The person is AWARE of what they are doing and understands the consequences

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Knowledge

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The person chooses freely without coercion or force

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Freedom

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The person wills the act to happen; it is a result of deliberate decision

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Voluntariness

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Two Norms of Human Acts

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1. Law
2. Conscience

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is an external norm that guides and regulates human behavior

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Law

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It provides a standard or rule that determines what is right or wrong within a society or moral system.

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Law

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Types of Law

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NATURAL LAW
DIVINE LAW
CIVIL LAW
MORAL LAW

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A universal set of moral principles based on human reason and natural human dignity

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NATURAL LAW

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What is naturally right must be done; protects life and dignity at all stages

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NATURAL LAW

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LAW revealed by God through scripture or religious beliefs (e.g., Ten Commandments)

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Divine Law

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Moral judgment is based on God’s will; faith-based ethics guide conscience

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Divine Law

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Laws enacted by governments to maintain order and justice (e.g., traffic laws)

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Civil Law

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Nurses must comply with legally mandated actions and standards of care

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Civil Law

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A PERSON'S internal sense of right and wrong, often based on conscience or shared values

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Moral Law

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MORAL responsibility to do good, avoid harm, and respect others, even if not legally required

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Moral Law

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Why is Law important?

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Law is important because it protects patients' rights and ensures nurses act ethically, safely, and professionally. It provides clear guidelines and accountability in making sound healthcare decisions.

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is an internal norm, the inner voice or judgment that helps a person distinguish right from wrong based on personal understanding, moral principles, and reflection.

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Conscience

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CHARACTERISTICS OF CONSCIENCE

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- ACTS AS AN INNER GUIDE FOR moral decision-making. - Involves personal judgment about the morality of a specific act. - Needs to be well-formed and informed by true moral principles to be reliable.

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evaluates human acts according to moral truth and motivates the person to act rightly

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Conscience

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Type of Conscience

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Correct Conscience Erroneous Conscience Certain Conscience Doubtful Conscience Lax Conscience Scrupulous Conscience Antecedent Conscience Consequent Conscience

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Judges what is truly right as right, and wrong as wrong

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Correct Conscience

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Judges incorrectly due to lack of proper knowledge or bias

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Erroneous Conscience

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Acts with full confidence that the decision is right

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Certain Conscience

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Unsure whether the action is right or wrong

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Doubtful Conscience

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Easily excuses moral faults; takes sin lightly

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Lax Conscience

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Sees sin where there is none; overly strict

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Scrupulous Conscience

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Judges before the action is done

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Antecedent Conscience

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Judges after the action is done

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Consequent Conscience

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___ provides the external rules nurses must follow, while _____________ guides their internal moral judgement.

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law; consicence